Social Justice Event
Mathew Shepard Event
For my social justice project, I watched the Mathew Shepard Movie. This movie is based off a tragic true story. Mathew Shepard died October 12th, 1998 from being beaten to death with the end of a gun. Mathew was rapped and was harassed his whole life. Mathew Shepard was a teen who was struggling with his gender identity. However, once he knew who he was he wasn't afraid to show it. In one part of the movie he yelled "I love my boyfriend" in front of strangers. This greatly relates to one of our readings titled "11 and gender fluid." In this reading, a young child named Sullivan expressed his/her gender through their clothing. He/she wasn't afraid to wear both "boy" and "girl" clothes. In the movie, Mathew Shepard was harassed at my points throughout the movie. Some people called him a fag while others took the extreme that ended his life. This relates to a news article called "Boy, 9, commits suicide after coming out as gay, being bullied by classmates."
Hyperlink: https://www.foxnews.com/us/boy-9-commits-suicide-after-coming-out-as-gay-being-bullied-by-classmates-mom
Unfortunately, many people in this world go out of their way to harm gay people. This is similar to another reading from Johnson that we read in class. In this reading Allan Johnson argues that it is important to talk explicitly about issues of privilege, power, and difference so that we can work towards a more just and respectful world. This article relates to the movie in many different ways. The people who harmed Mathew figured they had more power over him. This is also comparable to the Kristof reading. This world has many privileged people who think that they are better than everyone else.
This event had a huge impact on me and really opened my eyes to how harsh people can be. It blows my mind that people can be this cruel. Mathews parents didn't promote the death penalty for his killer which is crazy. I understand why they did what they did but that boy didn't deserve to live after what he did.
For my social justice project, I watched the Mathew Shepard Movie. This movie is based off a tragic true story. Mathew Shepard died October 12th, 1998 from being beaten to death with the end of a gun. Mathew was rapped and was harassed his whole life. Mathew Shepard was a teen who was struggling with his gender identity. However, once he knew who he was he wasn't afraid to show it. In one part of the movie he yelled "I love my boyfriend" in front of strangers. This greatly relates to one of our readings titled "11 and gender fluid." In this reading, a young child named Sullivan expressed his/her gender through their clothing. He/she wasn't afraid to wear both "boy" and "girl" clothes. In the movie, Mathew Shepard was harassed at my points throughout the movie. Some people called him a fag while others took the extreme that ended his life. This relates to a news article called "Boy, 9, commits suicide after coming out as gay, being bullied by classmates."
Hyperlink: https://www.foxnews.com/us/boy-9-commits-suicide-after-coming-out-as-gay-being-bullied-by-classmates-mom
Unfortunately, many people in this world go out of their way to harm gay people. This is similar to another reading from Johnson that we read in class. In this reading Allan Johnson argues that it is important to talk explicitly about issues of privilege, power, and difference so that we can work towards a more just and respectful world. This article relates to the movie in many different ways. The people who harmed Mathew figured they had more power over him. This is also comparable to the Kristof reading. This world has many privileged people who think that they are better than everyone else.
This event had a huge impact on me and really opened my eyes to how harsh people can be. It blows my mind that people can be this cruel. Mathews parents didn't promote the death penalty for his killer which is crazy. I understand why they did what they did but that boy didn't deserve to live after what he did.
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| This is a picture of Mathews killers (in real life not in the movie) |
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